• drekly@lemmy.world
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    Stop playing repetitive, competitive, multiplayer games. Especially the battle royale style ones.

    Oh you just played another 20 minute match where you died to someone out of nowhere at the end, possibly a cheater, shouted bullshit at the screen, didn’t win and didn’t achieve anything? Better re queue to do it again! Hey while you’re in the menus, do you want a new £15 skin? Do you want the battlepass QUICK BEFORE ITS GONE! THE SKINS WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY IF THE CONSTANT LOSSES DONT. I wonder why you’re bored and depressed with gaming.

    The most popular steam games? Constant repetitive, competitive, multiplayer games. “I do the same thing with the same guns on the same map every day and I’m bored. Gaming is boring.”

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      I don’t understand how there are so many youtube videos talking about how “gaming is dead” when we had so many big hits like this just this year alone

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        Anyone saying gaming is dead either doesn’t play indie games, Baldur’s Gate, or doesn’t consider Nintendo to be “gaming.” In either case, it’s their loss. I’ve played so many amazing games this year.

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          Hammerwatch II and Sea of Stars just in the past few weeks. En Garde not far off. The hardest part of gaming is finding the time.

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              I mean fair but at the same time if I only played fps games then that’s all gaming is to me.

              So saying “gaming is dead” would apply since those are the only games I play.

              This is a hypothetical btw I play more than fps and agree some companies are still producing quality content but you also can’t deny that most companies have definitely lowered their quality.

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                Newsflash: your experience is not universal. Just because you exclusively like one genre doesn’t make it accurate to say that that genre is gaming itself.

                I didn’t say that the Premier League was dead during the first third or fourth of last season just because my favourite team played like crap and frequently got unlucky in the few games they didn’t. Because that would have been equally ridiculous.

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                And we all know if One game in One genre isn’t on One console then gaming as a whole, the entire industry and hobby, is dead.

                RIP in pieces Gaming.

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        Complaining about shit on youtube brings clicks. It’s harder to make “hey, here’s a good game” video that will bring you attention, but shitting on stuff works every time.

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      Well, if the game is shit, there is no point in spending time on it, even if you acquired it by means other than buying. I mean, your time is the most important commodity.

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    Buying games on release is for suckers and rubes. Stop being suckers and rubes.

    I’ve been playing mostly retro and haven’t been happier. Sounds like a sucker problem.

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      I almost never buy games on release anymore. Only for games I really want to support, like Final Fantasy 16 or Baldurs gate 3. Other than that, I always wait for sales. Save more money, games are “finished” and patched.

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        I’m loving Baldur’s Gate, Final Fantasy I was enjoying the story a lot. But the gameplay for 16 has been the most boring of all the Final Fantasy games I’ve played. Cinematically phenomenal yes, but actual combat has felt like a slog. When I fight enemies it’s the exact same thing over and over, I’ll already know who to attack first how many staggers and pulls I can perform on each enemy. It’s made it hard to go back to the game.

        I’m thinking I might just watch a YouTuber go through the game without the combats, mostly cause I was really enjoying the story. I’m still in Act 1 in Baldur’s Gate 3, but loving everything so far. Also planning on getting some mods for BG3, saw some awesome mods already out and looking forward to playing my favorite class, Artificer.

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    The world needs more Boondocks memes.

    It amazing to see Gary Anthony Williams go from cool chill uncle to saying how scary a job application is 😄

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    I had finished Heretic on modern source port lately, and I had a blast, so no, gaming is definitely not dead, lol.

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    Stalker gamma really sucked me in earlier this year, greatly recommend it despite its steep learning curve.

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    I’m loving the final fantasy combat/ gameplay. What I don’t like is, lack of playable character, lack of a “real” party, and equipment progress. The story on the other hand… I found it to be too dark and taking itself too seriously at times. Some part of the story is similar with FFXIV, and I think the 14 did it better. The game as a whole, has pacing issue. The last third of the game, is moving the plot very slowly. The ending on the other hand, was done well. It was bittersweet, but on the same time, it gave the same ending vibes as the movie Inception. :D. The ending didn’t destroy me like the 15 did tho. The 15’s ending made me cry like a baby…

    BG3 is good! I enjoy it very much. I’m still very early as I was remaking my character again and again (I think I made about 8-10 characters until I was satisfied).

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    I enjoyed Far Cry 3 recently on my PS3.

    Then I got Far Cry 4 on my PC and it’s kinda fucking awful.

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          IMHO yes. It is among my favorite games of all time.

          The plot is of course nonsense (all far cry plots are garbage), but the core gameplay loop is tight, the shooting feels good and there’s a diverse arsenal, you get a large selection of colorful sidekicks and animal companions, the most annoying mechanics of earlier titles in the franchise were fixed or removed in 5, and the entire campaign can be played coop after you escape from tutorial Island.

          It doesn’t take itself too seriously but it’s also a internally consistent rural Montana simulator. Stealth mechanics feel great (subjective ofc) but more aggressive strategies work well too. The base game has plenty of content and goes on sale frequently.

          It was everything I loved about FC3 but more of it and bigger and polished to a radiant shine, with a kitschy rural US setting.

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            I got a few of the older FC games when they were like 5 bucks each, launched FC5 yesterday and the first part felt sort of like a return to form.